The Vatican announced on Friday it would provide medical updates less frequently in what it called a positive development.
It also has ceased issuing brief morning advisories that the Pope had slept well and was starting his day.
Doctors this week said the 88-year-old Pope was no longer in critical, life-threatening condition, but have continued to emphasise that his condition remained complex due to his age, lack of mobility and the loss of part of a lung as a young man.
Francis was admitted to the hospital on February 14 after a bout of bronchitis that made it difficult for him to speak.
Doctors soon added a diagnosis of double pneumonia and a polymicrobial (bacterial, viral and fungal) infection.
The first three weeks of his stay were marked by a rollercoaster of setbacks, including respiratory crises, mild kidney failure and a severe coughing fit.
But medical updates this week have focused on his continued physical and respiratory therapy, as well as the rotation from high-flow oxygen through nostril tubes during the day and a non-invasive ventilation mask at night to help ensure his rest.
An X-ray this week confirmed that the infection was clearing.
With little more to report, doctors on Friday cancelled a planned medical update.
Doctors have not indicated how much longer Francis will be in hospital.
The Pope this week participated in Lenten spiritual exercises from the hospital, which Vatican officials have said implied a lighter workload.
He received a cake and hundreds of messages wishing him well on the 12th anniversary of his papacy on Thursday.
The only public sign of life from the Pope since he was admitted to hospital was a recorded audio message thanking people for their prayers for his recovery in a weak, strained voice.
It was played in St Peter's Square for the faithful gathered for a nightly recitation of the rosary prayer.
The traditional blessing the Pope delivers from a window overlooking St Peter's Square has been released as a text for the past four Sundays.
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